--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <no_re...@...> wrote: > > thanks for the question-- i see what i wrote is confusing- here i am > talking about a devotional life and at the same time saying don't > look for God(dess). the missing piece was that despite what was > going on in my heart at the time, i didn't run off to join an ashram > (including the TMO), or spend mega bucks on yagyas or other > meditation techniques, or retreats. just kept moving forward through > conventional life, allowing daily life to present me with the > challenges that strengthened my devotion. my dharma as a parent and > householder was plenty! so perhaps the expression should've been the > way to find God(dess) is to stop looking for Him(Her) directly.
Yes, because even the search for God can be a willful (ego) exercise, but when you do 'his will' you effectively say, "when thy wills Lord, not when I will"! That, 'renunciation' allows you to draw even closer to God. I like the passage in MMY's Gita where he says you have control over action alone, 'never' over the fruits. "You have control over action alone (Arjuna), never over its fruits. Live not for the fruits of action, 'nor' attach yourself to inaction." Gita vs47 ChII
